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No.Y 570,485. Patented N ov. 3, 1.896.

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ATENT MAX. M. KOOH ANDJOHN ERI-EEN, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO; SAID ERBENASSIGNOR TO SAID KOCH.

STOVE OR RANG E.

SECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 570,485, dated November3, 1896. Application filed July 30, 1896. Serial No. 601,084. (Nomodel.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that we, MAX. M. KOCH and JOHN ERBEN, citizens of the UnitedStates, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stoves orRanges, and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to improvements in that class of stoves or rangeswhich are equipped with weights for facilitating the closing of theoven-doors and boxes for containing the weights. These boxes forconvenience and economy in construction are arranged between the ovensand ash-chambers of stoves or ranges, and consequently, notwithstandingthe employment of the best possible construction and the use of puttyfor closing joints, fine ashes invariably sift into the boxes, and byoccupying the same and settling on and round the weights interfere withthe operation of the said weights and in course of time prevent suchoperation, and consequently prevent the closing of the ovendoors, thusnecessitating repairs which, with the existing constructions, can onlybe made by skilled workm en.

The general object of our invention is to provide a weight-box embodyingsuch a construction that access may be readily had to all parts of itsinterior, so as to permit of the ashes being removed therefrom withoutthe employment of skilled labor, and one which is no more liable to befilled with ashes than the boxes at present in use.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for guiding theashes from the iire-box to a receptacle placed in theashchamber, so asto lessen the liability of such ashes sifting into the weightebox.

The invention in all its details will be fully understood from thefollowing description and claims when taken in conjunction with theannexed drawings, in which Figure l is an elevation of a stove or rangeembodying our invention, with parts in section. Fig. 2 is a detailbroken section taken in the plane indicated by the line :n a; of Fig. 1,and Fig. 3 is a detail horizontal section show ing the door of the ashYchamber and the parts contiguous thereto.

Referring by numerals to said drawings, 1 indicates the body of a stoveor range which, like those at present in use, has an oven 2 and afire-box 3 and ash-chamber a at one side of the oven; and 5 indicatesthe ovendoor, which is of the drop type-that is to say, has trunnions 6(la at its lower edge j ournaled in suitable bearings on the body 1,whereby it may be lowered to open the oven and raised to close the same.

7 indicates a removable receptacle, of any suitable construction, whichis placed in the chamber it to receive ashes; and 8 indicates a framewhich is arranged at the base of the fire-box and is suitably secured tothe body 1. This frame 8 carries a grate 9, of any suitableconstruction, and is provided, as better shown in Fig. 1, with theinwardly-inclined depending iianges 10, which are designed and adaptedto guide or chute ashes into the receptacle 7, and thereby lessen theliability of the same getting into the weight-box, hereinafterdescribed.

l1 indicates the weight which is designed to facilitate or render easythe closing of the door 5. This weight 11 is arranged tranverse of thestove or range at the side of the oven wall 12, and its end remote fromthe stove front is loosely connected to the pendent link 13, looselyconnected to the wall l2, while its end contiguous to said front isloosely connected to an arm 14 fixed on the trunnions 6LL of the door 5,whereby it will be seen that when the ovendoor is raised a certaindistance the weight will operate to complete the closing movement of thesaine. The weight 11 is contained in a box 15, and in the presentembodiment of our invention this box is formed by the rear, front, andbottom walls of the body 1, the oven Wall 12, the frame 8, and theremovable plate or wall 16. This plate or wall 16 extends the full widthof the stove or range, and in the present embodiment of the invention itis arranged at its lower edge in a groove formed in a casting 17,secured to the stove bottom, and at its upper edge in a groove 18,formed in one of the flanges 10 of frame 8, which is increased inthickness for the purpose, as shown.

The plate or wall 1G rests in an opening 19 IOO in the front wall of thebody l, or it may rest in the door-opening oi the ash-chamber 4, wherebyit will be seen that it may be entirely removed from the stove body, soas to permit of ready access being had to all parts of the box l5 forthe removal of ashes therefrom when the same is necessary. rlhe removalof the said plate or wall 1G may be ef eeted by hand without the aid ofany implement, and may be as easily accomplished by a cook or unskilledworkman as by one `familiar with stove construction; and such readyremoval will permit of the box 15 being frequently cleaned, so as toalways insure free and easy working of both the weight and the doorWhich it actuatcs, which is an important desideratum.

2O indicates a door which is designed to close the door-opening of theash-chamber and also the opening through which the plate or wall 16 iswithdrawn. This door may be of any suitable type, but we prefer to haveit hinged, as illustrated.

It Will be observed from the foregoing that, notwithstanding the manyadvantages which a weight-box embodying our invention possesses over theordinary weight-box, it is no more costly than the ordinary weight-boxin the first instance, and is much easier to keep in repair, and alsopermits of the weight mechanism being more readily repaired whennecessary.

XVe do not desire to be understood as confining ourselves to thespeeiiie weight shown for operating the door 5, as any other suitableweight may be employed; and we also do not desire to be understood asconfining ourselves to the speeiiic construction and arrangement ofparts shown in the present embodiment of our invention, as such changesor modiiication may be made in practice as fairly well within the scopeof the invention.

Vhen desired, the plate or wall 1U may be bolted to a lug in thestove-body, so as to prevent warping of the plate. Vhen this is done itis obvious that the bolt must be removed before the plate or wall can beremoved to afford access to ihe interior ot' the weightbox.

Having described ourinveniion,what we claim isl. A stove or rangecomprising an oven, an ash-chamber arranged at the side oi' the oven, aweight-box arranged intermediate of the oven and ash-chamber and havinga removable wall, a door for closing the oven, and a weight arranged inthe weight-box and connected with the door, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

2. A stove or range comprising an oven, an ash-chamber arranged at theside of the oven7 a weightbox arranged intermediate of the oven andash-chamber and having a slidable and removable wall contiguous to theashchamber and arranged at its upper and lower edges in guideways, adoor for closing the oven, and a weight arranged in the weightbox andconnected with the door, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

:3. A stove or range comprising an oven, a re-box and an ash-chamberarranged at the side of the oven; the said chamber being adapt-ed toreceive a removable ash-recep tacle, a grate-frame arranged at the baseof the iire-box and having inwardly-inclined depending langes or chutesand also having the iiange or chute contiguous to the oven provided witha guideway, a slidable and removable wall arranged in said guideway andin a guideway at the bottom of the stove or range and serving inconjunction with the grate-trame, the oven walls and bottom, front andrear walls of the stove to form a box, a door for closing the oven, anda weight arranged in the said box and connected with the door,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

MAX. M. KOCH. JOHN ERBEN. Vitnesses LENA ERBEN, PHILIP KNAPPENBERGER.

